Xuande

Chapter 828 The imperial examination era is coming soon
During the Second Empire, when officials entered the palace, they had to work continuously until the holidays, and they were generally not allowed to go home halfway.

Every time they leave home to go to the government office to work, the officials frowned, looking forward to the next holiday day and night.

But now I don't have to be forced to work, I can go home freely, and there is such a good cafeteria that provides free meals, which is really gratifying.

Compared with the past, both the working hours and work efficiency of officials have generally increased by more than 50.00% after the establishment of the canteen, which is enough to show that the existence of the canteen has a significant encouraging effect on officials.

Liu Bei didn't spend the money in vain, he also came to the conclusion after investigation and practice.

He determined that feeding and not feeding two people in the same job had a significant effect on their ethic and efficiency.

Even in the field of providing meals, two different fields can also be divided.

For two people engaged in the same job, if they are provided with cold food and hot food respectively, then the work efficiency and duration of work of the person who eats hot food is about 30.00% higher than that of the person who eats cold food.

In the early days of his military life, he discovered that the performance of the army after eating hot food is different from that after eating cold food. After eating hot food, soldiers are more resilient whether they are traveling or fighting.

This is not the case when eating cold food. Soldiers are more likely to show fatigue when traveling and fighting. It is not just fatigue or hunger, but more like a psychological state.

This situation caught Liu Bei's attention.

Because he discovered this problem, he also specially conducted an experiment, letting one army eat simple hot meals and side dishes, and one army eat a variety of cold foods, including dry food, water, fruits and vegetables, and cold bacon.

Then the two troops began to perform the same task, cross-country with heavy loads, obstacle running, then technical and tactical training, and finally a simulated battle.

In order to ensure the rigor of the experiment, he conducted the same experiment with different troops for five consecutive days.

After everything was over, Liu Bei came to an accurate and consistent conclusion.

Troops who eat hot food are tougher and more patient than those who eat cold food. With the same load, they can run farther, the same obstacles, and faster speeds. In the same simulated battle, the troops who eat hot food can always defeat those who eat cold food. Cold food for the troops.

So Liu Bei determined that eating hot food in a state of war is no less inspiring to the army than the big coin after the war.

For people who have experienced war, eating a warm meal may really have a considerable spiritual inspiration.

From then on, Liu Bei tried his best to provide the army with enough hot food. Even if it was difficult to supply during the march, before the war, as long as conditions allowed, the army would have a few delicious hot meals and hot dishes before going to the battlefield. .

Therefore, on key battlefields, Liu Bei's army is always invincible, and after entering the fierce battle stage, it is often tougher than the enemy.

This is an important reason why Liu Bei's army was able to defeat many powerful enemies in the early days.

This key rule was also applied to other different places after he took power, and finally formed the central dining hall. After the establishment of the central dining hall, which provided rich meals for free, the efficiency and enthusiasm of the officials in handling work did increase. There was a visible rise.

For Liu Bei, this is something worth investing in.

Although it cost a lot of money, the effect is really good just like in the army.

The time and work efficiency for officials to start work has been greatly improved, and many people are willing to stay and work overtime on their own initiative. This also improves Liu Bei's input-output ratio in a sense. many.

In addition, Liu Bei has also gradually begun to try to promote tea in the army and among officials, and he is now actively promoting his tea workshop to tackle key problems in black tea technology, which is currently quite effective.

It wouldn't be long before the first batch of black tea would be delivered to him for him to taste.

Tea is really a good thing.

Along with alcohol, sugar, and tobacco, it has also become an important munitions item in history, and it can be called a soothing agent for the army. The more cruel the war, the more tea is needed to help the soldiers soothe their emotions.

And compared to tobacco and alcohol, which can cause damage to the body, the effect of tea is obviously softer, and it even has many benefits to the body.

The intensity of ancient wars was low, but the intensity of modern wars has increased significantly. On the cruel battlefields of World War I and World War II, soldiers did many ridiculous things to drink tea. Drinking tea is even more important than fighting, so that The ruling group had to provide tea in sufficient quantities as an important military supply to prevent soldiers from getting emotional.

However, the mental pressure of ancient soldiers was also great, and the training intensity of Liu Bei's soldiers was also very high.

For the soldiers, the pressure will gradually accumulate. Liu Bei does not allow soldiers to burn, kill and loot, and Liu Bei prohibits the traditional methods of relieving stress in the army, so it is necessary to find other ways to relieve emotions.

Therefore, on the one hand, Liu Bei actively provided hot drinks and hot food to soothe the soldiers' emotions, and on the other hand, he also prepared to introduce tea as an important helper.

For now, the production of tea has not kept up. The tea workshop Liu Bei set up around Luoyang has not yet entered the stage of mass production. After the tea can be produced stably, he will introduce tea into the army as an important military material. middle.

After the development of the Lingnan area is on track, he will also increase the planting of sugar crops, and will provide the army with sufficient sugar products in a stable manner.

As for Chen Qun and Yang Xiu, who were busy cooking, they only knew that the delicious food in front of them was a delicacy in the world. If they didn't enjoy it, it would be a great crime. macroeconomic accounts.

Counting and calculating, although the big canteen has a lot of investment, the ratio of input to output is surprisingly high. The work efficiency of the Luoyang court has been rising steadily, helping Liu Bei to quickly stabilize the situation in the world after the Tianling Rebellion.

In two months, two months before and after, the situation in the world has stabilized.

Before this, when Liu Bei had just ascended the throne and created new regulations, he worked overtime. He led the cabinet members to work hard for more than three months. The entire court was in chaos for five months before gradually adapting to the new rules and starting Implement the new decree.

Comparing before and after, the importance of the central dining hall is self-evident.

Chen Qun and Yang Xiu don't know how Liu Bei calculated this account at present, they just know that the fried chicken nuggets at noon today are really delicious, tender and juicy, one bite, the shell is crispy, the chicken is soft and tender, The delicious gravy explodes in the mouth, it is a supreme enjoyment.

The exhaustion of the whole morning was swept away at this moment. They forgot everything and devoted themselves to the enjoyment of delicious food.

Then Chen Qun secretly picked up a piece of fried chicken from Yang Xiu's rice plate while he was talking with his colleagues, and stuffed it into his mouth at once, creating an established fact, so Yang Xiu didn't know what to do even if he realized it. .

Yang Xiu really didn't know what to do. Although he knew it was done by Chen Qun, Chen Qun had already eaten the fried chicken nuggets. This limited supply of fried chicken nuggets was his favorite, and he could only eat it once every three days , and now there is one piece missing, so he wished he could unscrew Chen Qun's head.

But he didn't do such a thing after all.

Hongnong Yang's family is higher than Yingchuan Chen's, so Yang Xiu feels that his self-cultivation is better than Chen Qun's, and he can't quarrel with his good friends just because of a fried chicken nugget, but he really can't swallow this. tone.So when he returned to the cabinet with Chen Qun and saw the pile of government affairs hills piled up on his desk, he resolutely returned the pile of government affairs hills to Chen Qun. Seeing Chen Qun's stunned expression, Yang Xiu felt a surge of joy spontaneously from the bottom of his heart.

It's more enjoyable than eating fried chicken nuggets.

Regardless of Chen Qun's astonished eyes, he returned the government affairs to Chen Qun, ignored the possibility that he might have to work overtime or even stay up late at work, took Liu Bei's proposal from his desk, and continued to study.

He read it three times before the afternoon government affairs came.

Then Yang Xiu deeply realized that if Liu Bei's reform plan is really realized, the gentry, a special monopoly group that existed in history as an assistant to the ruler, will completely lose its existence value, and the ruler will no longer need it. The gentry exists.

The ruler can set up his own school to train students, and the students come from all over the world, so how can he need the family heirs cultivated by the gentry for their own selfishness?

In this way, the Hongnong Yang family really did not return to that day in the past. No matter how hard he tried, his descendants could not steadily inherit everything from him.

Because only titles can be passed on, positions cannot be passed on.

No matter how high the father's status is, the only thing that can be passed on is the title, only the economic status, but no power.

Under the imperial examination system, the inheritance of power has become very unstable. Being an official for generations has become a symbol of a scholarly master. The representatives of the farm started to do it.

Young people need to climb slowly, work hard, strive for meritorious service, or simply suffer.

This is of course a great benefit to those farmers' children, and can even be said to be an existence that can change their destiny. But for people like Chen Qun and Yang Xiu, this is simply poison.

But is it possible for them not to eat this poison?

There should be none.

So suddenly, Yang Xiu understood why Liu Bei was the first to disclose this document to Chen Qun, and he might just be a part of Liu Bei's plan.

In fact, this really made him feel helpless, but he had no choice. The current general situation in the world could no longer tolerate his delusions.

As for the Nine Rank Official Personnel Law, Yang Xiu didn't pay much attention to it. He only knew that it was a supporting facility for the imperial examination system, and more supporting facilities must still be being designed, but Liu Bei hadn't said it yet.

Yang Xiu raised his head and looked at Chen Qun, who was burying his head in dealing with government affairs. Suddenly, a smile came to his heart, and he couldn't help laughing out.

He put away Liu Bei's document and put it on Chen Qun's desk, not disturbing Chen Qun who was destined to work overtime and stay up late today to deal with government affairs.

He is indeed still a young man, but after working in the cabinet for so many years, he has already honed his good political vision and political sense, and he can keenly perceive the subtle changes that are taking place in the times.

It seems that it is time to accept father Yang Biao's suggestion, go back to his hometown to get married, marry a wife and have children, and then start to raise his own children well, so that he can adapt to the cruel competitive society that will follow as soon as possible.

After all, in the future, what he, a father, can leave to his children is a smart head, rich experience, and some tips for learning knowledge hard.

The era of imperial examinations is coming, and the era of examinations and efforts to determine everything is coming. In the future social competition, the significance of the lintel may not be so great.

Well, at least for a while, that was the case.

Yang Xiu and Chen Qun have realized that the arrival of the new era is inevitable, and are seriously thinking about what they should do to avoid risks and obtain benefits to the greatest extent.

However, more people don't seem to realize that the new era is about to sweep, they are still living their lives step by step, and follow the news that Liu Bei constantly announces to know where the latest trends of the current court are.

Try to reap some simple benefits from this latest trend.

And in this period, where is the latest trend of the court?

Jiaozhou.

These are the words and places that have been discussed most by the entire imperial court during this period of time. According to the latest information, Shoufa of Rinan County in Jiaozhou is successfully helping the imperial court to negotiate a few good deals.

One of them was discussed with several counties in Qingzhou. It is said that it has something to do with porcelain, lacquerware and silk products. Some people really want to buy these rich products of Dahan.

But more importantly, those merchants from five or six countries still want to buy enough iron pots and Sichuan brocade from the imperial court. According to Fazheng's narration, these merchants are not short of money, but they are short of good goods. They need these good goods very much , as long as the goods are good, the price is not a problem.

Fazheng believes that the imperial court can sell them enough iron pots and Shu brocades, as long as they can afford the money, it is unambiguous how much they want and how much they will give.

In this way, the expenses of Rinan County and the expenses of paying the state can be supplemented to a certain extent, which should also be a reinforcement for everything the court needs, isn't it?
However, in this matter, most departments of the imperial court are not qualified to speak, only the Ministry of Households and the Shaofu are eligible to participate.

After Liu Bei ascended the throne, he set the scope of powers and responsibilities of the imperial court, stipulating that salt and Shu brocade belonged to the Shaofu, and iron wares belonged to the household department.

On this point, Liu Bei also needs to consider Zhen Yan's thoughts more or less. After all, the salt and iron affairs are managed by others. During the Jian'an period, this matter was managed by him. Will all his original powers be taken away?
Therefore, Liu Bei chose to hand over all the iron affairs to Zhen Yan, and the Shaofu continued to be in charge of salt affairs, Shu brocade, rose peach wine, etc., and it was still Liu Bei's personal small treasury.

This time the foreign trade involved Sichuan brocade and iron, so naturally the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Shaofu should hold a joint meeting to discuss with Liu Bei whether this matter is feasible.

Of course, Liu Ye had no objection to the sale of Shu brocade. It was a good thing to increase income. According to what Fazheng said, those foreign merchants were even willing to pay the price of gold for the purchase of Shu brocade, which shows their admiration for Shu brocade.

Shu brocade is a luxury that no one can afford. Buyers are limited, but production is increasing. If more buyers cannot be found as soon as possible, the number of sales of Shu brocade must be limited to avoid lower prices. The price of Shu brocade.

Speaking of which, Liu Ye was also depressed.

Shu brocade is such a good thing, the more the quantity, the happier it should be, but who knows that Liu Bei's reform of the production method has greatly increased the production enthusiasm of skilled workers, and the production of Shu brocade has increased rapidly, tripling in five years!
At the same time, the demand for Shu brocade in the market is constantly decreasing.

the reason is simple.

Those who were eager to use Shu brocade to show off their appearance and show off were cut off one by one like leeks by Liu Bei.

The group that was the largest buyer of Shu brocade has long since become the soul of Liu Bei's sword and no longer exists.

(End of this chapter)